some of her children, after his death, whicli occurred prior to 1669.
It appears from original papers, that she was sister to Rev. Thomas
Mustou. of Wykin. and afterwards, of Brinklow. in England. She
m. Mr. Thomas Wis wall, whence she acquired the name.'" Mr. AViswall
was ordained ruling elder, with John Eliot, jun., teacher of the church in
Newton, at its organization. 1604, July 20 ; d. 1683. Dec. 6.
Mr. Farmer came to Billerica prob. in 1671. as the birth of his son,
John, is recorded Aug. 19. of that year. The eminent antiquar}^ doubts
this inference, but if lie is correct in affirming an older sister Sarah, it
Avould seem that Danforth would have been as likely to record her birth,
as that of John, if the latter did not occur in the town. Mr. Farmer was
accepted as a citizen and granted a five acre privilege, 1672-3. March 24.
(See Records. Vol. I, p. 107). His house-lot was cm the east side of Long
street, extending north to tlie â– 'corner,'" and remained in possession of the
family until a recent date. The house was a garrison, and an interesting
incident is recorded in the chapter on Indian experiences. Mr. Farmer cl.
1727. Mav 27, aged about 87; his wife, Mary, d. 1719, March 26, aged 77.
Ch. Saralu b. about 1669; m. Thomas Pollard. 1. John, 2, b. 1671.
Aug. 19. Edward, 3, b. 1673-4. March 22. Mary, b. 1675. Xov. 3 ; m. John
Dean, of Woburn. Barbery, b. in AVoburn, 1677-8, Jan. 26; d. 1680-1,
Feb. 1. Elizabeth, b. 1680, May 17; m. 1707, May 29. William Green, of
Maiden, the son of William, who had m. 2d, Isabel, the sister of Edward
Farmer, who m. 1st, David Wyman, of Woburn; and 2d. James Blood, of
Concord; d. 1736-7, March 3. aged 85. Thomas, 4, b. 1683, June 8.
Oliver, 5, b. 1685-6, Feb. 2.
2. John, son of Edward. 1, b. 1671, Aug. 19; m. Abigail , prob.
dau. of Daniel Shed, 2. He d. 1736. Sept. 9, and his widow d. in Tewksbury.
1754, March 20. aged 75. Ch. Dority, b. 1700. Dec. 7; m. Nathaniel
Richardson, {see 5). Barhani, b. 1701. Dec. 20. John, 6, b. 1703, Sept. 18.
Daniel, b. 1705, Oct. 30; lived in Groton. 1733-40. Richard, 7, b. 1706-7,
Feb. 2. Edward, b. 1710, Nov. 10. Jacob, b. 1713-4, Jan. 16. William,
b. 1719, Nov. 15.
3. Edward, son of Edward, i; b. 1673-4. March 22; m. Mary
Richardson, dau. of Thomas, 1. She d. 1746, Mav 15; he d. 1752. Dec. 12.
Ch. Marii, b. 1706, Dec. 27; m. William Shed, ll. Andrew, 8, b. 1709,
March 27. Elizabeth, b. 1712. March 27.
4. Thomas, son of Edward. 1, b. 1683. June 8; m. Elizabeth Hunt,
dau. of Samuel. 1. They d. in HoUis about 1767, and were buried in the
same grave. Ch. Thomas, b. 1712. July 15. Joseph, b. 1713, Nov. 6.
Joseph, (date not given, and prob. the i-epeated name is an error). Susanna.
Jonas, h. 1719, May 10. Elizabeth, h. 1722. Aug. 29. Joshua, b. 1723,
Dec. 18. Samuel, b. 1725, April 10; was in Louisburg expedition.
5. Oliver, son of Edward. 1, b. 1685-6, Feb. 2; m. 1716-7, Jan. 24.
Abigail Johnson, dau. of Hon. William, of W^oburn; son of Capt.
Edward Jolmson. Mr. Farmer lived on his father's farm, where he
d. 1761, Feb. 23. His widow m. 1766, May 27, Capt. James Lane, of
Bedford; d. 1773, Feb. 25. aged 75. Ch. Abigail, b. 1717, Dec. 22; d. Jan. 11.
Abigail, b. 1718-9, Jan. 14; in. Jonathan Richardson, 12. 3fary,h. 1721.
Aug. 26; m. William Baldwin. 6. Sarah, b. 1723, Dec. 14; m. Edward
Jewett, of Rowley; d. at Berlin, Mass.. 1790. Dec. 20. She had 10 ch.
Betty and Rpberca, b. 1726, May 31. Betty in. Zebadiah Rogers, 10.
Rebecca m. his brother. Samuel, 11. O/i're?-, 9, b. 1728, July 31. Isabell,
b. 1731. March 2; m. Benjamin Warren; d. in Hollis. 1793. Dec. 26. They
had ch. Edward. 10, b. 1733-4. Feb. 24. John. 11, b. 1736. Dec. 7.
6. John, son of Jolm. 2, b. 1703. Sept. 18 ; in. 1725, April 27, Hannah
Woods, of Groton. Cli. Nathaniel, b. 1725-6, Jan. 29; was in Lexington.
50 FARMER.
1748 ; 111. ITo"). Maj' 28, Hannah Fessenden. dau of Thomas ; had 9 eh. ; was
â– wounded. 1!) April. 1775. John. h. 1727-8. Jan. 22.
7. Richard, son of John. 2, b. 170G-7.'Feb. 2; ni. Martha . He
lived in Tewksliurv after 1740. llis* wife d. 17.o9. April 20. Ch. Dorothy.
b. 17:^7. Ainil 27. 'John. b. 1740. May 2. David, b. 1746, Dee. 4. Martha.
b. 1748. June 10. lUchard. 1). 1750, July 30. Ahnjuil. b. 1752. Aug. 4; d.
Dornthij. b. 175(). Avig. 29. Dolly, b. 175*8. Aug. 31.
8. Andrew, sou of EdA\ard. 3, b. 1709. March 27; in. I>iuey .
She d. 1747. Aug. 17; he in. Kebeeea . He d. 1758. Aug. 4. Shed.
1802. Sept. 28. Ch. Liiry. h. 17.36. Sei)t. 8; in. Jolni Whiting. 9. Maru.
h. 1738. Get. 8; m. 1768, April 21. Nathaniel Jaquith. of "Wiliningtoii.
Dorothy. 1). 1740. July 27; m. Simon Crosby. 19. Andrew, b. 1742, Aug. 15.
Abii/ail. b. 1744. May 1. John. h. 1746. April 30. Elisabeth, b. 1747.
Aug. 10; d. 1773. :\[ay 30. Joseph. 12, b. 1752. Julv 20. Edward. 13,
1). 1855. Dee. 14.
9. Oliver, son of Oliver. 5, b. 1728. July 31 ; m. 1757. April 5. Kachel
Shed, dau. of .John, of Tepjierell. She d. 1764. Sept. 23. aged 38. He m.
1766, July 3, Hannah Abbot, dau. of Jeremiah. 5. He d. 1814. Feb. 24;
she d. 1819, Sept. 13. Ch. Bachtl. b. 1758, April 29; m. 1779. Sept. 28.
Nicholas French, who d. at Merriniac. 1823. July 21. Oliver. 14, b. 1760,
June 12. John^ b. 1762, Dec. 1 ; m. 1788. Jan. 24, Lydia Richardson,
dau. of Josiah. of Chelmsford, whei-e he lived till 1803; all his ch. were
b. there. He then lived, 1803-6. in Lyndeboro. and after, in Merrimack,
till his death. 1814. Nov. 7. Of his five ch.. the oldest was John. b. 1769,
June 12; d. at Concord. N. H.. 1838. Aug. 13. He was the eminent New
England Genealogist and author of the ••Historical Memoir of Bill erica."
published in 1816. Hannah, b. 1767. Sept. 17; m. William Rogers, 1(>, her
cousin. Rebecca, b. 1768, Nov. 19; d. 1792, Jan. 8. A poem, on her death,
was written by Dr. Timothy Danforth. Jeremiah. 15, b. 1771, Aj^ril 10.
10. Edward, son of Oliver. 5, b. 173.3-4. Feb. 24; in. 1759, Nov. 29,
Sarah Brown, dau. of Sanmel, 7. He d. 1804, Aug. 4; his widow. 1811,
Aug. 19. He was a Representative and a soldier in the Revolution,
connnanding a partv of militia at the capture of Burgoyne. Ch. Edward. 16,
b. 1760, Dec. 1. Sarah b. 1763. March 6; d. 1766. Jan. 28. Jonathan. 17,
b. 1765, May 28. Sarah, b. 1767, Oct. 31 ; m. Reuben Baldwin. 18. Jesse,
b. 1770, Oct. 18; m. 1803. July 26, Margaret Franksford; d. in Boston,
1815, Feb. 6. He had ch. Margaret, Harriet, Henry, Jesse, b. 1809. Nov. 9,
now in business on Merrimack street, Boston; William S.. George W. and
Catlierine S.
11. Jolin, son of Oliver. 5, b. 1736, Dec. 7; m. 1764, Jan. 5, Hannah
Davis, dau. of Dea. Joshua, 2. She d. 1787, Feb. 12, and he m. 1789,
March 18, Mrs. Sarah (Russell) Adams, of Dracut. Lieut. John Farmer,
d. 1806, Jan. 9. Ch. Hannah, b. 1764. Sept. 26; m. Samuel Hopkins,
of Wilmington, (seeS). Rebecca, b. 1766, Dec. 2; d. 1788. May 29.
Abigail, b. 1768, Dec. 22; m. Reuben French. 27. Pally, b. 1775, Jan. 14;
m. 1798, March 8, David Rogers, of Tewksbury. John, b. 1776, Dec. 4;
d. 1778, Sept. 1. lAicy. b. 1780, Oct. 4; m. Jeremiah Allen, 7. John^
b. 1791, Dee. 11; m. Susan Gerrish. dau. of Dea. Moses, of Boscawen,
N. H., and lived in that town; was Lieut .-Colonel, of New Hampshire
Militia. Hannah, bap. 1794. Dec. 7.
12. Josepli, son of Andrew, 8, b, 1752. July 20; in. 1778, Jan. 8,
Elizabeth Baklwin, dau. of Samuel. 11. She d. 1781. March 12 ; he m. 1782,
April 30, Dorcas Frencli. Ch. Samuel Baldicin. b. 1778, Nov. 10. Joseph.
b. 1781, March 2. John, b. 1782, Nov. 27.
13. Edward, son of Andrew, 8, b. 17.55, Dec. 14; m. 1783. March 25,
Hannah Shed, dau. of Samuel, 14. Ch. Cyrns. b. 1791. Jan. 31; m. 1813,
Dec. 5, Margaret Tufts Richardson, dau. of Asa, 19, and d. 1814, April 14.
His widow in. Michael Crosby, 38.
14. Oliver, son of Oliver, 9, b. 1760. June 12; in. 1786. Nov. 30,
Hannah Sprake, dau. of Nicholas, 5. He d. 1839. May 9. Ch. Oliver,
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b. 1788, May 12 ; in. Mary Emerson, and lived in Milford, N. H. Had
ch. Oliver, Mary and Joseph, and d. 1868, May 16. in Billerica. Asa, 18,
lb. 1793, Dec. IS. Hannah, b. 1795. May 17; m.' Nathan Abbot, 10. Zadock,
b. 1796. Oct. 28 ; lived in Pelhani, Hudson, Merriniac, and Amherst, N. H. ;
m. widow Allen Wilson, bv whom he had 10 ch. He d. 1877, July 18.
Rebecca, b. 1798. March 30'; d, 1850, Jan. 25. Rachel, b. 1804, Sept. 13;
m. Israel A. Colson.
15. Jeremiah, son of Oliver, 9,.b. 1771. April 10; ni. 1816, Oct. 13,
Clarissa Foster, dan. of Timothy, 11. He d. 1836, March 2. and she
d. 1873, Feb. 20. Ch. Sarah Clarissa, b. 1818, Feb. 27; m. Dr. Henry
Blanehard. {see H). Timothy Foster. 19, b. 1821, Aug. 10.
16. Edward, son of Edward, 10, b. 1760, Dec. 1 ; m. 1781, March 25,
Rizpah Baldwin, dan. of Benjamin, 12. She d. 1791, July 29, and he m.
1793, Sept. 8. Elizabeth Brown, of Concord. He d. 1802, Aug. 23.
Ch. John, b. 1786, July 27; d. 1808, March 6. Bettif, b.. 1795, June 20.
Edward and Rizpah, h. 1795, Sept. 26. [So the Record, perhaps the
previous year, is wrong]. Edward m., but no record of family; he d. 1851,
March ll". Jacob Brown, b. 1801, Oct. 30.
17. Jonathan, son ot Edward. 10, b. 1765. May 28; m. Betty .
He d. at Bow, N. H., 1798. Oct. 11. Ch. Jonathan, b. 1788, May 5 ; m. 1821,
Aug. 12, Caroline Leach, of Charlestown. Betty, b. 1790, May 21 ; m. 1811,
Aug. 11, Caleb Pearson, of Tyngsboro". Susanna, b. 1792. Aug. 26.
Thomas Mears. b. 1794. Dec. 4.
18. Asa, son of Oliver. 14, b. 1793, Dec. 13 ; m. Lydia Wilson. He
d. 1865, Oct. 14. Ch. Asa, Lyclia.
19. Timothy Foster, son of Jeremiah, 15, b. 1824, Aug. 10; m. 1862,
Julj^ 24. Jane Leavitt, who was b. in Clinton. Me.. 1838, Feb. 2. He
d. 1871. May 27. Ch. Nelly Jane, b. 1863, July 28. Mary Eliza, b. 1864,
Nov. 21. John Edward, b. 1867, Nov. 7.
20. Jotham, son of Simeon, (or ? Elijah.) of Chelmsford, m. 1794,
June 24, Polly Gloyd, H(^ d. 1846, Feb. 24. aged 76. Ch. Benjamin,
b. 1795, Oct. 16; m. 1827. Nov. 8, Lydia Richardson Mears; no ch. They
live at the Davis place, north of Fox hill. Mary m. Aaron Maynard.
John went to Vermont. Joseph, 21. William m. 1841. Dec. 19, Abigail
W. Lyman. He was Idlled by a horse. Sarah m. Thomas Fasho. Phebe.
unmarried. Eliza m. 1826, May 28, Paul Holt. Roxana m. Reed, of
Burlington.
21. Joseph, son of Jotham, 20, m. 1830, Dec. 25, Mary Ann
Champney. Ch. George, b. 1833. Dec. 5. Adelaide, b. 1839, Sept. 15.
Albert Edwin, h. 1841, Sept. 30. Frederic Eugene, b. 1843, July 16.
22. Hannah m. 1786, July 17, Samuel Hopkins, of Wilmington; to
Avhat familv she belonged does not appear.
FARNSWORTH, Silas, of Harvard, m. 1754, Sept. 17, Elizabeth
Bowers.
FARNHAM, Deborah, dau. of Abigail, was bap. 1771, Feb. 10.
FASSETT. 1. Patrick, was from Maiden, '"accepted inhabitant
•in our towne," 1679, June 2. He bought of Timothy Brooks, part of the
Oakes' farm, near old Concord line and Shawshin river. He m. Sai-ali ;
d. 1713, Nov. 7, and his widow m. 1716. April 23, Thomas Bateman,
of Concord. Ch. Joseph, b. (in Maiden.) 1672, Oct. Probably John, who
m. 1697. March 31. Mary Hill, dau. of Jonathan. 4, and was the lirst
treasurer of Bedford. He lived in the Concord part of Bedford. Will
proved. 1736, May 23. Samuel, b. 1679, May 7. The lirst town treasurer
of Westford. He m. 1705-6. Jan. 1, Lydia Parker, Deborah, b. 1680-1,
Feb. 15. 3Iary, b. 1683, March 31; m. Job Lane. 6. Peter. '2, h. 1685,
Aug. 25. Josia, 3, b. 1687. Dec. 1. Benjamin, b. 1690. Julv 7.
"2. Peter, son of Patrick, 1, b. 1685, Aug. 25; m. 1710-1, Feb. 1,
Elizabeth Manning, dau. of Sanuiel. 1. He d. the next May, 16, and she
m. Jonathan Danforth, 5. Ch. Peter, b. 1711, Nov. 11.
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3. Josiah, son of Patrick. 1, b. 1687, Dec. 1; ni, Sarah . His
widow's name was Esther. He lived east of Kev. N. Bowes, on
Lexington street. His son. Josiah. gave bonds, as administrator of estate,
1740, March IG. Ch. Josinh, b. 1714. July 11. Sarah, b. 1716, April 26.
Mary, b. 1718, Sept. 5; d. 1720, May 8. John, b. 1720. April 1. He settled
in Hardwick, and became a member of the Separatist Church. This
church was practically the nucleus of the settlement of Bennington, Vt.,
in 1761, and John Fassett, clerk and deacon, was a leading man in that
company of wise and brave pioneers who resisted the encroachments of
New York, and laid the foundations of Vermont, making the name of
''Green Mountain Boys," famous. The early town nieetino's were held at
his tavern. He was Captain of the first militia company ni 1764; one of
the flrst town Kepresentatives. He d. 1794, Aug. 12. His dau. Sarah m.
Dr. Jonas Fay, one of the Vermont leaders ; his son, John, was Captain.
Representative, from Arlington, member of the Council, and Judge of the
Supreme Court, 1778-86. Benjamin, b. 1721-2, Jan. 11. Mary, b. 1723,
Oct. 17. Susanna, b. 1725. March 29. Bette, b. 1727, May 3. Amos, b.
1728. Aug. 8. Benjamin. John, Josiah and Peter Fassett were on Bedford
tax-list in 1748. •
FAULKNER. 1. Francis, was the son of Col. Francis, of Acton, a
leading citizen there and a good soldier in the Revolution. He was a
descendant of Francis, son of Edmund, one of the tirst settlers of Andover.
Our Francis, 1, came to Billerica. 1811. April 10, and began the manufacture
of woolen goods, and carding, coloring, and dressing cloths. He m.
Elizabeth Jones, of Concord, and Ann Robbins, of Watertown; d. 1843,
Feb. 12, aged 82. Ch. Charlps, b. 1785, Sept. 8; d. 1809, Aug. 15. Francis,
b. 1788, Feb. 28; d. 1842. Nov. 29. Ann. b. 1799. Sept. 23; m. Calvin
Rogers. 21. James Bobbins, 2, b. 1801. April 14. Dici(iht F., b. 1803,
Jan. 21; a merchant in Boston. William E., b. 1805, April 7; d. 1861,
Sept. 1. Lois. b. 1807. Julv 22. Li/dia H.. b. 1809. May 10; d. 1867,
June 20. Charhs, b. 1811, Oct. 10; of the firm of Faulkner,' Page & Co.,
merchants in Boston. Luther Winthrop, 3, b. 1815, April 2. IViiithrop,
b. 1817. June 5 ; is a merchant in Grafton. Georqe, b. 1819. Julv 14 ; grad.
H. C, 1844, and Medical College. 1847; m. 1847. Aug. 25, 'Mary Ann
Spalding, dau. of Dea. Amos, 7, and resides at Jamaica Plain. Boston.
2. James Robbins, son of Francis, 1, b. 1801, April 14; m. 1825,
Nov. 22, Catherine Rogers, dau. of Josiah, 14. He continued the
manufacturing business at North Billerica ; was long a Trustee and
Treasurer of the Howe school; d. 1877, Jan. 7. Ch. Catherine Rogers,
b. 1827, July 28; m. George H. Preston. Ann Bobbins, b. 1829. Julv 21.
James, 4, b. 1831. April 18. Francis, b. 1833, Oct. 8; d. 1834, Sept. 19.
Emily Francis, b. 1835. Mav 30. Abba Louisa, b. 1837, March 5. Henrii,
b. 1839. Sept. 19; m. 1863, Oct. 29. Victoria G. Wheat: d. in Boston
1868. June 12. She d. 1876, Feb. 15. Mam Elizabeth, b. 1844. Julv 3.
3. Luther Winthrop, son of Francis. 1, b. 1815, April 2; m. 1842.
Oct. 13, Martha P. Merriam, of Concord. He lives on the north corner of
Andover and Long streets, and is proprietor of the Faulkner mills in
Lowell. Ch. Francis S., b. 1843, July 8 ; d. Sept. 11. Frederic, b. 1844,
July 29; m. 1871. Oct. 26, Enuna S. Wheeler, of Lowell, where he lives.
Horace William, b. 1847, Dec. 28. L^abella, b. 1850. April 21 ; m. Capt.
Charles A. Ranlett. Bichard IL, b. 1851, June 21; Supt. Faulkner mills.
North Billerica. John, b. in Concord. N. H., 1855, March 14; m. 1880,
Feb. 3, Evelyn Atwood, of Lowell. Amy Frescott, b. 1858. July 5. Harry
Winthrop, b."l860. Oct. 3; a medical student in Boston.
4. James, son of James R.. 2, b. 1831. April 18; m. 1852. Aug. 10,
Frances A. Wilson, dau. of Daniel. 9. He d. 1865. Nov. 13; she m. 1879,
Edwin Howard, of Boston. Ch. James N., b. 1853, Aug. 15.
FISHER, -'Old Stephen, dyed 26. 10">, 82." The town was charged,
1668, Nov. 19, £5 for his "dyet." and he was, perhaps, the earliest recipient
of the town's care. Of his history and claim, nothing is known. There
was a Stephen Fisher early at Reading.
FITCH— FLETCHER. 53
FITCH. 1. ^inuel, wa? ihe only son of Samuel, of Eeading. His
father was son of Zethary. and b. 1645. Marvh 6. Zetharr's A\-ilT. 1662.
names other eh.. Joseph. Benjamin. John. Jeremiah. Thomas and Sarah.
wife ot John Wesson, of Salem. Samuel m. Sarah Lane. dau. of Job. 1.
She d. 1679. Oet. 2. His will bears date. 16S4. May 10. and names wife
Rebecca and son Samuel. The latter received from his grandfather. Job
Lane, ont^fourth part of the Winthrop farm. His portion was in two
parts : one in the nonh-east. comer of the farm, where his house stood, on
tlie west side of the road, a half mile south of the present Bedford line.
and the other, a strip extending from Concord river, eastward, nearly to
Bedford villaire. along Concord old line. He ni. 1695-6. March 20.
Elizabeth Walker, dau. of Joseph. 1. She d. 1716. Xov. 26: he m.
Eunice . who survivetl him. He was the first town-clerk, and one of
the first selectmen of Bedford. 1729. He d. 1742. April 4. Ch. Sarah.
b. 1696. Dec. 2o: d. Feb. 4. Sarah, b. 169S. May 4: m. Hmson.
Stmuel. b. 1699-1700. Feb. 14; in. 1732. April 24. Joanna Keyes. the widow
of iliomas Kidder, of Westford. where he lived :ind d. 1775. Jan. 9. They
had ch. Samuel.^ b. 1733. Aug. 2S. Joanna.- b. 1735. Jan. 29. Lvdia,"
b. 1737. Manh 13. Joseph, i, b. 1702. Oct. 22. Bent':inun. 3, b. 1703.
July 30. John. b. 1707-S. Feb. 12. JeremiaA. 4, ^birth not recorded, but
named in his father's will, and had the homestead^. Zechariah. 5. b. 1712.
Feb. 13. Elizabeth, h. 171S. Sept. 22: ra. Mead.
2. Joseph, son of Samuel. 1, b. 1702. Ocfc 22: m. 1731. Jan. 31. Sarah
Grimes. She d. 1749-50. Jan. 22: he m. Eachel . He d. 1769. Feb. 7.
and his widow m. John Paige. The Fitch family were all in the
Bedford part of the towii. Ch. SaraA. b. 1732. March 25: m. Josiah
Crosby, {^see li). Joseph, b. 1734. July 14: d. 1736. Sept. 21. JHuUv. b. 1737.
Oct. i6. Susanna, b. 1743. Julv 26. Ji^sep^h. b. 1746. Oct. 2. Buth.
b. 1749. Oct. 2. Thaddeus. h. 175o. March 23.
3. Benjamin, son of Samuel. 1, b. 1703. July 30: m. Meriam .
He owned the mill on Shawshin river, near the falls. Ch. Hannah, b. 1733.
Jan. 10. Mfham. b. 1734-5. Jan. 23: m. Timothv Jaquith. o. Bcntamin.
b. 1736-7. Jan. 6. Loir^.i. b. 1740. Oi^t. 31. Darid^ b. 1743. Mav 20. Ladia.
b. 1745. Manh 21. Eunice, b. 1747. July 26. Xathon, b. 174^. Jan. 27.
Jsaac. b. 1752. May IS. Xalhan. b. 1755." May 13.
4. Jeremiah, son of Samuel. 1, m. 173o-6. Feb. 3. Elizabeth, dau. of
Job Line. 6. Ch. 5a»n/f7. b. 1736. Xov. 9. :E}izabeth.h. 17SS. J>ec. '24.
Jeremiah, b. 1742. Sept. 25. John. b. 1745. Auff. 14. Elisabeth, b. 1747-S.
Feb. 29 : d. 1750. Oct. S. Patie. b. 175
d. 1S25. March 1. J/c«st^«. b. 1755. March 3.
o. Zechariah. son of S;imuel. 1. b. 1712. Feb. 13: in. Elizabeth .
Ch. Z'chariuh. b. 1734. April 1. WiUiar,}. b. 1735-6. Feb. 19. Elisabeth.
b. 173S-9. Jan. 6. Jmas. b. 1740-1. Feb. 5. Et^neser, b. 1743. Sept. 4.
Esther, b. 1745. Sept. 12. Lucp ra. Joseph Hill. 21.
6. David, sou of David, of Bedford, m. Betsey . Betsev. b. 1S26.
June 26. Emilp. b. 1S27. Dec. 26. Darid. b.'lS32. March 3. [See
Lexinaton Gen. Keff.. p. 27S". Ann. b. 1S34. Sept. 15. John. b. 1S36.
June 17. Sarah, b. 1S;^S. Julv 6. Abel. b. 1S40. Mav 10.
FITZPATRICK, William. "and wife Catherine." Ch. Ellen, b. in
Ireland. 1S26. March 5. Juhn. b. 1S27. Xov. IS: d. 1S2S. Oct. 12. Edxrard,
b. 1S30. Oct. 7: d. 1S39. Aug. 7. Mary Ann. b. 1S31. Xov. 22. Catherine.
b. 1S33. March 3: d. 1S35. Mav 13. James, b. 1S35. March 1. Margaret.
b. 1S36. June 12. Catherine, b. 1S3S. April 19. Elizabeth, b. 1S39. June 3.
Sarah, b. 1S40. Xov. S. Charles Edtcard. b. 1S42. July 4. Joanna, b. 1S15.
April 16.
FLETCHER. 1. Jacob, m. m Westford. 1746. Ruth Trull. Xame
disappears from tax-list. 17.^3. Ch. Buth. Olive, b. 1749. Jan. 10. Bebecca.
b. in Westford. 1754.
2. Samuel. Ch. Sybil, bap. 176S, Mav S. Phebe. bap. 1775. Julv 9.
54 FLETCHER — FOSTER.
3. James, son of Jonas, of Westford. m. 18.33, Dec. 22, Louisa
Chanipney. He lives on the east road, in tlie oldest house still inhabited
in town, whieli was, perhaps, the ••French" garrison of 1G75. Ch. James
Hcnrii. b. 1834. Nov. 2. Charles Newton. 1). 1836, June 23. in Tyngsboro'.
John Edwards, b. 1838, Aug. 22; d. 1839, Jan. 5. Edrmrd Harrison, b. 1840,
May 21. John Jrvin(f. h. 1842, May 19; ni. Harriet Maria Carter, dau. of
George; lives near Shawshin river. 'Emma Louisa, b. 1843. Sept. 1.
Marietta, b. 1845. Nov. 4. Caroline Elizabeth, h. 1848. June 3.
FOSTER. 1. Thomas, Sergt., was from Braintree. He was,
perliaps, the same Thomas who was at Weymouth, and father of Dr.
Tlionias. of Eoxburj^, whose widow m. Peter Bracket, 2. He received,
l(w9, June, a grant of an eight acre lot. His home lot was "fifty acres,"
his liouse lot being part of it. lying on y" east end of Bare liill, bounded
by Shawshin roail. on the west, ninety and foure pole ; by William Handet.
on tlie nortli. one hundred and two poles ; by y^' comaus, east, ninety pole ;
by a highway on the south-east, eightj'-six pole." Tliis place was near
Mr. McKay's! He d. 1()S4, April 20, and his widow, Elizabeth. l(J94-5,
Jan. 29. Ch.. perhai)S Thomas, b. 1640, Aug. 18, a plij^sician of Eoxbury
and Cambridge, who m. Sarah Parlier. dau. of Robert. He d. 1679,
Sept. 16 ; his w idow m. Peter Bracket. Perliaps Sarah, who m. Samuel
Kemp. Perhaps John, b. 1642, Oct. 7, of Manstield. Elizabeth. m.
James Frost. 2. E.rperience , nv. Joseph French. 4, Perliaps Increase.
Hopestill. b. 1648, March 26; lived in Woburn. Joseph. 2, b. 1650, March 28.
Perliaps Jonathan, 3. The will of Sergt. Foster names only son Joseph
and James Frost, son-in-law. He certainly had two other ch.. Experience
and Hopestill, and the absence of other names is not, therefore, proof that
the above were not his children.
2. Joseph, son of Thomas, 1, b. 1650. March 28; m. 1672, Dec. 11.
Alee Gorton, dau. of John, of Eoxbury. She d. 1712. INIay 17. aged 60. and
he 111. Margaret Brown, of Sudbury, who d. 1717-8. March 22, and
he 111. 3d. Eebecca, widow of Jonathan Danforth, 2, who d. 1754,
March 25, aged 93. Dea. Joseph d. 1721, Dec. 4. Ch. Elizabeth, b. 1673,
Oct. 7. J^ospi>/i. b. 1678, July 15 ; d. r/umr/s, 4, b. 1680-1. Feb. 11. Sarah,
b. 1683, Aug. 23 ; d. Sept. 5. John, b. 1685. May 12 ; d. Nov. 12.
3. Jonathan, perhaps son of Thomas. 1, m. Abigail .
Ch. Jonathan, b. 1693, June 26.
4. Thomas, son of Joseph. 2, b. 1680-1, Feb. 11 ; m. Hepsibah .
Ch. Thomas, b. 1706, Oct. 17. John, 5, b. 1707-8, Jan. 11. Sarah, b. 1709,
June 30; m. David Crosby, 11. Joseph, b. 1711. April 8. Hannah, b. 1716,
Sept. 25. Obadiah. b. 1721-2, March 17.
5. John, son of Thomas, 4, b. 1707-8, Jan. 11; m. Hannah -.
His name disappears from tax-list. 1734. perhaps in Tewksbuiy.
Ch. Nathaniel, b. 1730, Nov. 11. Parker, b. 1731-2, March 6. John, b. 1733,
Aug. 28.
6. Henry. It does not appear whether he is connected with the
preceeding or following. He in. 1751. June 12, Agnes Henry, prob. sister
of John. Ch. John, b. 1752, July 31 ; m. 1777. Oct. 9, 'Sally Tweed,
of Woburn. Jane. b. 1755, June 14. Smith, b. 1757. May 21. Josiah.,
b. 1759, Oct. 29. Benjamin, b. 1761, Nov. 13. Elizabeth, b. 1769, Aug. 28.
7. Isaac, was from Ipswich, son of Joseph-', (Jacob^, Reginalds) m.
1744, Nov. 8, Sarah Brown, prob. dau. of John. 8. His will is dated 1783,
Feb. 1, and proved April 10. Ch. Isaac, b. 1745-6, March 8; in. 1769,
Nov. 9, Lydia Bacon, dau. of Josiah, 7. Jacob, 9, b. 1747. Dec. 20. Sarah,
b. 1749, March 4; d. 1750, x\pril 4. Joseph, 10, b. 1750, March 21. Sarah,
b. 1753, May 29; d. before 1783. John. b. 1755. Jmie 28. Samuel, b. 1758,
March 31. Abiijail, b. 1761, Feb. 21 ; d. before 1783.
8. Jacob, brother of Isaac. 7, b. 1726, March 27; m. Sarah Kimball,
(l)ublished 1750. Aug. 25). His will proved, 1761, Oct. 19. Ch. Sarah,
b. 1752, April 27; d. June 7. Sarah, b. 1753, June 5; m. 1774, Dec. 12,
John Bell, Charlestown. Timothi/, b. 1755, July 19; d. 1756. Nov. 23.
Elizabeth, b. 1757, Oct. 27; d. 1758, Jan. 12. Timothy, 11, b. 1759, Nov. 4.
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9. Jacob, son of Isaac. 7, b. 1745-G, March 8; in. 1771, June 3,
Hannah Frost, dau. of James, 11. Ch. Jacobs b. 1772, Feb. 20. James,
b. 1774. July 6.
10. Joseph, son of Isaac. 7, b 1750, March 21; m. 1775. Aug. 21,
Sarah Baldwin, dau. of Benjamin. 12, and 1810, Feb. 6, Lucy Hill,
widow of Joseph, 21. Ch. Sarah, b. 1776, Nov. 18. Susanna, b. 1778,
Dec. 3. James, b. 1780, April II. Anna, b. 1781, Aug. 15. Isaac, b. 1785,
Mav 27.
"11. Timothy, son of Jacob. 8, b. 1759. Nov. 4; m. 1784, May 16,
Sally Crosby, dau. of Seth, 22. He d. 1815, Jan. 21. She d. 1849, Dec. I.
Ch. Clarissa, b. 1785, April 11; m. Jeremiah Farmer, 15*
12. Abial m. 1788, Nov. 23, Sarah Whiting, dau. of Samuel, 10.